It's important to remember that 'catchy' does not necessarily equate to 'good.'
I cite The Birdy Song and Saturday Night as key examples.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:46, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

A b-b-b-bird bird bird
the bird is the word etc.

Yeah, I must admit I felt quite sickened when I found myself singing along.
(berk, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:49, Reply)

Oh, now steady on
Bird is the Word, much like Shaddap Yer Face, is one of those that I must guiltily admit to quite liking, if just for their shamelessly gonzoid silliness.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:50, Reply)

Hmm
It's a bare step above Agadoo, in my opinion.
(berk, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:54, Reply)

The logical part of my brain agrees with you
And makes me wonder whether, as Lab suggests, this is down to some sort of Aural Stockholm
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:55, Reply)

that's a different song to the Birdy Song
bird is the word is great
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:51, Reply)

I know
The Birdy Song is the one that goes 'a little bit of this, a little bit of that, something, something I can't remember' although I believe it may have been an instrumental originally? I had it on a kids party megamix tape a good 20 years ago...
(berk, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:56, Reply)

I know somebody who danced to that song at their wedding.

No word of a lie.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:57, Reply)

could be worse
I know someone who had a James Blunt song

JAMES FUCKING BLUNT! HONESTLY!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Jesus, the only chavvier thing I can think of
is having Robbie fucking Williams' 'Angels' played at your funeral.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:01, Reply)

I can't remember the name of the song
but I remember that it was the worst possible one they could have chosen with regard to awfullness.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:03, Reply)

I'm not sure
my sister almost had a Snow Patrol song as her first dance. Thank fuck she changed her mind - I'm not sure my conscience would have allowed me to refuse to go, but equally I'm not sure my brain would have allowed my ears to listen without exploding.

I want to have Wipeout played at my funeral. I think it'd be much more amusing than the dreary shit that normally gets played.
(berk, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:07, Reply)

wipeout is an absolutely excellent choice for a funeral
when I said the worst one, I meant worst james blunt song :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:09, Reply)

And god knows there's some stiff competition for that title

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Are they not
all equally bad?

EDIT - damn, Crow beat me to it!
(berk, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Heh. Remember b3tans, your funeral song is your last chance to troll. Use it wisely.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Do you still know them?
If you do, you may wish to reconsider - that's just plain shameful. It wasn't their first dance though, right...?
(berk, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:59, Reply)

I wasn't actually present at the wedding
Fortunately I don't know them that well and haven't seen them for some time. I'm not sure I'd be able to look them in the eye.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:01, Reply)

Are we talkin about Surfin' Bird here?
I have The Ramones version set as the ringtone for when my daughter calls. It's the first song that I have that she doesn't consider rubbish, mostly because it was used in Family Guy.
(Cave Duck, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:59, Reply)

how did I not know the Ramones did a version of that!?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:03, Reply)

and aids, aids is quite catchy too

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:04, Reply)